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 MILESTONES
We have reached the
start of a new year, one
that holds much promise,
many challenges, and
major decisions; the
outcome of which may
resonate for years to
come. In fact,
this school year, could
be the most pivotal in
recent memory.
The International Music
Festival proposal could
change the shape of our
summer program beginning
in 2006 and beyond; and
the capital campaign of
the University, which
will be defined during
this year, could change
the shape of our School
for generations to come.
We recognize that a
University decision
about Chancellor will
likely be made this
year, and that the
campus will select a new
Athletic Director within
days or weeks; a
decision that has a
direct impact on our
School, and the work of
our Director of Athletic
Bands, Dave Woodley,
who has just completed a
week of band camp, and
who’s first performances
will begin this week.
Faculty Celebrations
This year marks the 30th
anniversary of the
African American
Cultural Institute which
began in 1974 with the
goal of promoting and
preserving African
American culture through
performance, education,
creative activity,
research, and outreach.
Founded by Herman
Hudson, today the
Institute is led by a
graduate of the School
of Music, a source of
pride for our School and
the University, please
welcome, Charles
Sykes.
July 13, 2005, marks the
50th
anniversary of the Beaux
Arts Trio. The
group’s inaugural
concert took place at
then, Berkshire Music
Center, now Tanglewood.
The trio returns to
Massachusetts this
summer to play 50 years
to the day at the same
venue. We
congratulate the Trio on
this their 50th
year, and congratulate
its founding and only
sustaining member,
Menahem Pressler.
Congratulations
Menahem.
In a recent press
release, The American
String Teachers
Association announced
that it will honor two
IU string faculty this
year at its annual
meeting this February in
Reno, NV. Janos
Starker will receive the
Isaac Stern
International Award; and
Larry Hurst will receive
the 2005 ASTA Artist
Teacher Award.
Janos is home
recuperating, but Larry
is here this evening.
Larry.
This year also marks a
new patriotic beginning
for our newest
American citizen,
Carmen Tellez.
Congratulations, Carmen!
And this year marks the
last before retirement
of
Ray Cramer. We
will relish each of the
months ahead, and the
concluding celebration
in the spring, in the
hope that even with the
pull of the mountains of
Colorado, Ray and Molly
will continue to call
Bloomington home for at
least part of each year.
Wishes for Recovery and
Good Health
We are also mindful this
evening of those who are
recuperating from recent
health challenges,
including Janos and Rae
Starker, Wilbur England,
Austin Caswell, and
Dorothy Riggle who now
occupies the seventh
position on the lung
organ transplant list.
A call to her could
literally come at any
moment. It is also
exhilarating to see the
improvement of Dan
Perantoni’s wife,
Judy, and Tony
Cirone’s wife,
Josie, who throughout
this summer have shown
remarkable progress.
And it is with some
excitement that the
School learned of two
impending births, that
of a child to Mary
Wennerstrom’s assistant,
Kim Dunning, and
the other to Otis and
Haruko Murphy.
Living Legend of Indiana
This summer, the Indiana
Historical Society
inducted yet another
member of the School of
Music family to its
distinguished ranks.
Charles Webb joined
previous awardees, David
Baker and Josh Bell, as
a Living Legend of
Indiana. And in
the spring semester
Charles was appointed by
Colin Powell to a State
Department Advisory
Committee on Cultural
Diplomacy. His
work on this Committee
has already taken him to
the Middle East.
Charles continues to be
active musically, in
fact he is a participant
in an Indianapolis
recital this evening,
and continues to serve
the School of Music in
multiple ways. His
24 years of leadership
to Indiana still
resonate in our daily
work, a tenure that will
soon be recognized
through a music alumni
sponsored portrait that
will soon hang with
portraits of Deans
Saunders, Merrill, and
Bain in the Musical Arts
Center.
Retired Faculty Continue
to Work Tirelessly
Let us also take a
moment to recognize
another one of the
treasures of our School,
those retired
members of the faculty
who are able to be with
us tonight. It is
to them that we owe a
debt of gratitude for
the inheritance we have
been handed; a school
renown for its
excellence, much of it
achieved in the years in
which they guided the IU
School of Music.
We have the added good
fortune that a majority
of these faculty have
chosen to stay in our
midst, so that the
number now comprises
some 45
in all. On
Saturday, October 17th,
the musicology
department will honor
two of these faculty as
they turn 75 years of
age, George Buelow
and Malcolm Brown.
And as luck should have
it, this celebration
coincides with the
recent publication of
Malcolm’s most recent
book, A Shostakovich
Casebook, which he
edited and which
considers Dmitri
Shostakovich’s memoirs,
Testimony, and
the publication of
George Buelow’s
life-work A History
of Baroque Music
which will appear this
spring through IU Press.
Here tonight is Malcolm
Brown, and Malcolm won’t
you please stand to
receive our
congratulations.
And as the retired
faculty’s continued
professional activity
and lasting concern for
our School benefits us
all, please join me in
recognizing our retired
faculty as we ask them
to stand to receive an
expression of our
admiration and
affection.
Faculty Families
We are also enriched as
a community by the
continued commitment and
presence of family
members of faculty,
who are no longer with
us. The role they
play in the life of this
School is significant.
Through their attendance
at performances, their
steady and inexhaustible
support of colleagues,
and their continued
involvement in the life
of our School, they are
an important part of the
spirit that is the IU
School of Music.
Let us welcome this
important part of our
School as we ask family
members of faculty no
longer with us to stand
to be recognized.
In Memorium
We cannot help but be
aware, at this gathering
time of year, of the
absence of several
beloved individuals who
meant so much to the
School of Music.
Let us take a moment to
recognize these people
who contributed so much
to the life of our
School and of our
University.
In July of 2003 we
received the news that
Max Röthlisberger
had passed away in
Zürich, Switzerland.
He had been the head of
Stage Design and
Technical Production of
the IU Opera Theater
from 1973 until 1985.
Under his leadership the
IU Opera reached many
milestones, culminating
with a performance of
Martinu’s Greek
Passion at the
Metropolitan Opera. He
acted, directed, and
designed sets in
European opera houses
for 40 years. Mr.
Röthlisberger was chief
designer for the Zürich
Opera and guest designer
at opera houses in
Milan, Vienna, Munich,
Hamburg, Geneva, Paris,
Rome, Venice, Naples,
Brussels, among others.
A set designer for more
than 20 Swiss movies, he
was awarded the Reinhart
Ring, Switzerland’s
highest award in
theater.
In early November we
lost
Larry Stoute,
Coordinator of
Facilities. He
joined the staff of the
School of Music in
August of 1996 and
had worked for the
University since 1989.
His contributions to our
School are legendary, as
was his spirit and
concern for others.
Toward the end of
November we learned of
the death of Paul
Matthen. Born
in 1914 Paul studied
music and chemistry at
Columbia University.
He had an international
concert and operatic
career and was a leading
baritone at the
Stuttgart State Opera
for several years.
He joined the Indiana
University voice faculty
in 1957 and retired in
1984.
Ross Allen passed
away on New Years Eve.
Born in 1921 Ross was a
member of the IU School
of Music faculty from
1953 to 1988. During
that time he directed
over 100 productions for
the IU Opera Theater,
and taught courses in
Opera History, Stage
Direction, and Music
Appreciation. His
encyclopedic knowledge
of the entire history of
opera, dance, and
theater was legendary,
and for over forty years
he produced a weekly
Sunday Opera program
for WFIU, never missing
a broadcast. He was a
guest director for the
Houston Opera, the
Kansas City Lyric Opera,
the Cincinnati Summer
Opera, the Detroit
Opera, and the New York
Pro Musica. Several of
his television
productions won national
awards. After Ross
retired, the School of
Music received a gift of
his very large
collection of rare sound
recordings.
In late January, we
received word from Ohio,
of the death of Ole
Steffen Dahl, a
lifelong violinmaker.
Originally from Denmark,
Dahl trained a new
generation of
violinmakers through the
violin technology class
he taught as an adjunct
professor at Indiana
University. Dahl owned a
violin shop in
Bloomington which became
a local landmark for
professors and students
from the School of
Music. Ole Dahl Violins
remained in business at
the same location until
1999, when Mr. Dahl
retired at the age of
80.
At the end of May, we
learned of the death of
Gerry Duffin.
Gerry had worked at the
Musical Arts Center as a
lecturer and assistant
technical director from
the fall of 1984 until
December 2001.
At the beginning of this
month we received word
from Cincinnati of the
death of Leonard
Sharrow at age 89.
Mr. Sharrow had a
distinguished career as
a symphony musician and
teacher. He began
teaching bassoon in the
woodwind department at
IU in the mid sixties
and taught for a period
of 13 years. He
had been a member of the
American Woodwind
Quartet.
Would you please stand
and join me in a moment
of silence in recognition
of these individuals.
Welcome to new
members of the
School of Music
Special
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Administrative
Changes in the
School
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Challenges
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Development
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